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Car"cass (k&ä;r"k&aitalic_;s), n.; pl. Carcasses (#). [Written also carcase.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.] 1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
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He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8.
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This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe.
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2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. “To pamper his own carcass.” South.
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Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. Oldham.
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3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.
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A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.
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4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
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A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving.
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